GPS devices stolen – thieves easily located January 26, 2007
Posted by Rich in : GPS fleet tracking,GPS vehicle tracking , add a commentA year ago, the town of Babylon, New York, acquired 300 GPS tracking devices, and placed many of them in the town’s fleet of maintenance vehicles. Recently, 14 of the devices were stolen from the Department of Public Works maintenance yard. The thieves apparently thought they were simply cell phones.
The town fired up their GPS tracking system and, lo and behold, it led them right to one of the thieves. Case solved.
TomTom WORK GPS fleet tracking January 13, 2007
Posted by Rich in : GPS fleet tracking,GPS tracking employees,GPS vehicle tracking , 1 comment so farTomTom, better known for their consumer car navigation systems, has announced TomTom WORK. Combining the best of both worlds, TomTom WORK provides GPS fleet tracking for managers, while also providing GPS navigation for drivers.
The system has three components:
- TomTom WEBFLEET: an easy to use web-based service, giving access to 24-hour vehicle management and comprehensive reporting tools. TomTom WEBFLEET allows businesses to view their vehicles’ and drivers’ exact locations and manage new tasks.
- TomTom LINK: a compact, small unit placed inside each vehicle, allowing users to automatically and cost effectively transfer current vehicle positions (using GPS) and other information (via GPRS) to TomTom WEBFLEET.
- A TomTom portable navigation device (PND): either the TomTom GO 910 or TomTom GO 510.
Two-way communication is enabled as well:
Office-based managers can communicate with drivers by sending orders and text messages, enabling client orders and locations to be updated and new tasks and navigation coordinates to be sent to appropriate drivers. Drivers can send (standard) messages on order and work status.
The cost is less than $2 per day for TomTom WEBFLEET, $500 for TomTom LINK (per vehicle), plus the cost of the PND.
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Fresno police use GPS tracking to battle drunk drivers January 6, 2007
Posted by Rich in : GPS tracking and privacy,GPS tracking and public safety , add a commentFresno, California police are using GPS to battle drunk drivers:
…they are covertly planting Global Positioning System devices on the cars of convicted drunken drivers to monitor whether they are going to bars or liquor stores in violation of their probation or parole.
They are using other high-tech equipment as well, including night-vision goggles. Police say that the surreptitious placement of GPS tracking devices is permitted under parole and probation terms, but the ACLU says they are over reaching.
The GPS tracking is actually part of an aggressive program started four years ago that includes police watching and waiting outside bars and weeknight DUI checkpoints.
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